Total Page : 640
Publisher : Princeton Review
Publication Date : 2009 12 08
>> slow
the only negative thing was that I received it on the last day it was due to me Not very expeditious compared to other companies I have ordered from
>> New material in this edition
The 2 practice tests in the 2010 edition are new different than the 2009 edition at least in the parts of them I looked at The math seems a bit harder now which I think is good since I thought the old edition s math was too easy compared to the real test The math review in the beginning walks you through most of the math topics needed with a question or two on each one as soon as they teach it and about five short mini tests maybe 5ish questions each at the end of each major topic pre algebra algebra geometry trig etc
Overall I think it s a good basic review book I wish they had another practice test or two though The 3rd online test cannot be printed and you only have one year of access to it so I didn t really care for it
>> Score More Points With Cracking
Having had to retake the ACT after 18 years needless to say I needed help Bought three books Cracking the ACT Princeton 2003 edition The ACT for Dummies and The Real ACT Prep Guide Went through all of these books The one that worked best for me was Cracking It gave practical advise on how to improve my scores Tactics were what it was all about Although knowing math equations may be needed by some people in the future for me it was getting a higher score This book did the trick The other two books helped as well Ranked in order of importance 1 Cracking 2 ACT for Dummies 3 The Real ACT The last one has three practice tests So if you want to practice taking the test I recommend it DO NOT READ THE PREP PART OF THIS BOOK It is not a helpful study guide The ACT for Dummies was pretty good about giving some hard material that you need to know But I preferred to use the tactics provided by Cracking
All in all if you are going to buy one book to prepare for the ACT get this one But you have to know your own mind and how it works Did not use some of the suggestions put forth by this book especially in the science area For me I needed to read the science passages to understand how to answer the questions scored 27 on this section
Outcome Scored a 20 cumulative when I was 17 Scored a 26 cumulative at age 35
